Funded Professional - Research Associate

Sponsored Funded Professional – Research Associate I

College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University is transforming lives through research advances, career‑empowering teaching, and community partnerships in Atlanta and beyond. The College hosts more than 15,000 students, 550 faculty, and 300 staff who teach core curriculum courses foundational to all university education.

We are growing and excited you are interested in joining our team. Our mission is to pursue excellence, empowered by a knowledge‑sharing organization that collaborates with diverse partners and provides professional development, mentorship, and a flexible work environment. Benefits include health, dental, vision, tuition assistance, retirement, and more.

The College of Arts & Sciences seeks an experienced Research Associate I to support ongoing research projects in the designated lab. Responsibilities include hands‑on laboratory work, data collection, routine analysis, execution of experiments, preparation of reagents, operation of analytical instruments, and documentation of results to advance departmental research goals.

• Design, code, and implement computational projects in molecular biophysics as directed by the supervisor.
• Maintain software code developed in the laboratory and resolve emergent bugs.
• Present research findings to laboratory members and other faculty in regular group meetings and campus events.
• Liaise with GSU and outside collaborators on logistical and technical details related to research.
• Provide training, technical assistance, and consultation to other laboratory personnel (graduate and undergraduate students, post‑doctoral trainees) on computational work and analysis of experimental data.
• Establish data collection and evaluation processes for novel experimental and computational procedures developed in the laboratory.
• Assist supervisor with preparation of scientific manuscripts and proposals to federal funding agencies, including the NIH and NSF.
• Generate preliminary data in support of competitive research plans aimed at extramural funding.

• Minimum:
  Bachelor’s degree and two years of related experience; or a combination of education and related experience.
• Preferred:
  Demonstrated programming proficiency in the context of molecular biophysics.

College/Business Unit:
College of Arts & Sciences

Location:

Atlanta Campus
Job Posting: 01/22/26, 08:37:54 AM